Laura Fitzgerald
CapRadio Statehouse/Politics ReporterLaura Fitzgerald covers California state politics for CapRadio. Through her reporting, Laura aims to tell stories about how the government is (and is not) serving Californians.
Laura has reported on the city of Oakland’s land back policy efforts, the 2022 UC-wide strike of graduate student workers, unionization efforts for workers in California’s State Capitol, and more. Prior to her work as a journalist, Laura was a legislative staffer in the California State Assembly where she worked on policies pertaining to elections, voting rights, and campaign finance disclosure. Laura earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from UC Davis and her master’s in Journalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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The governor’s executive order encourages local governments to also adopt plans for removing encampments. It comes aftergg the U.S. Supreme Court ruled cities and counties can enforce bans on sleeping outside in public places. -
California Governor Gavin Newsom was among those considered as a potential Democratic candidate for president, should Biden drop out. But speculation about a Newsom run halted when he endorsed Kamala Harris on Sunday.
